Monday, April 9, 2012

Another Possible Nova in Cen

Following the posting on the Central Bureau's Transient Object Confirmation Page about a possible Nova in Cen (TOCP Designation: J14250600-5845360) we performed some follow-up of this object remotely through the 2.0-m  f/10.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD of "Faulkes Telescope South" (MPC Code - E10).

On our images taken on April 09.5, 2012 we can confirm the presence of an optical counterpart with Bessell-R CCD magnitude 8.7 at coordinates:

R.A. = 14 25 04.45, Decl.= -58 45 34.3

(equinox 2000.0; UCAC-2 catalogue reference stars).

According to VIZIER there is a 15.319 J-magnitude star at 2.6 arcseconds from the transient position (NOMAD1 0312-0489482). 


Our confirmation image (click on it for a bigger version):



An animation showing a comparison between our confirmation image and the archive POSS2/UKSTU plate (R Filter - 1997). Click on the thumbnail below for a bigger version:



UPDATE - January 30, 2018

Apparently, while this object has been confirmed as a nova on spectra taken by T. Bohlsen, no permanent designation by GCVS has been assigned to this transient. See also here & here


by Ernesto Guido, Nick Howes & Giovanni Sostero

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